# Baker Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1514492
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Webster, KY
- **Operator:** Ohio County Coal Company
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,855
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Peabody Energy Corporation (C15833) → Ohio County Coal Company (P23175) → Baker Mine (1514492)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Costain Group PLC → Costain Coal Inc:** 1984-03-01 through 1997-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Iracoal Incorporated → Lodestar Energy, Inc.:** 1997-07-21 through 2003-07-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy P  Smith → American Engineering & Construction Corp:** 2003-07-24 through 2004-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Ohio County Coal Company:** 2004-10-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 305 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6,832 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,452 violation rows across the full record; 172 carry an S&S flag and $140,450 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,040 coal dust; 79 coal quartz; 96 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 32 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 528 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 15 contested-violation rows, 311 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 202 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 504 inspection events and 15K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911
- **30 CFR 75.1910 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; electrical system design and performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1910
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 305 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2004-12-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-04-04 through 2005-04-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,436 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2005-01-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 311 rows; 2000-05-04 through 2003-08-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,040 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2003-12-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 202 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2003-04-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 15 rows; 2001-04-09 through 2002-07-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 280 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1984-03-01 through 2004-10-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 504 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2005-03-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 77 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 96 rows; 2000-02-27 through 2003-02-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 79 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2003-02-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,452 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2005-01-31; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/baker-mine-1514492`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/baker-mine-1514492`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1514492/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1514492/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1514492/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`